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Show DEFECT IN "GOOD OLD DAYS" Children of Largo Famlll Wero Underfed, Un-derfed, Overworked, Beaten and III Treated. We are told by many that tho modern mod-ern woman Ls becoming forgetful that her chief and hlgboat duty la to rear children In the fear of the Lord, or that if she recognizes this duty sho la rebellious against 1L And we are poluted admiringly and regretfully to the good old days when mothers saw their duty to church and state, and meekly porformed It in the shape of families of tight, twelve and fifteen. There aru only two defects In this beautiful detain of the days of old. The first ls that neither the father nor the mothers of these huge families had any particular intention, or. Indeed, In-deed, any idea, of sacrificing thorn-selves thorn-selves for the race, or doing their duty by the community; they were simply following their instincts and taking the consequences more or less patiently and stupidly. The second Is that with the exception of the small classes of Independent means, these large families. If valued at all. were vaJued chiefly as a source or Income to their parents rrom tho earnings or work of the children during their time or dependence. We do well to denounce de-nounce tha modern sweatshop, or tho factory or mlno crowded with child workers, but let ua r-momber that a large percentage of the children of these hu;e fa-nllles, among tho working work-ing and farming classes a hundred yeari ago wtre more underfed, over- : worVed, beaten and III treated, stunt- : ed physical !y ail deformed mentally 1 than of the. cMIdren of any civilized community today, even In factory tovna. Dr. Woods Hutchinson. |